bombardier

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Mr Cattini landed on Gold Beach on D-Day as a bombardier in the 86th Field Regiment of the Hertfordshire Yeomanry.

From BBC • May 19, 2023

His bombardier and first real friend in the service, Danny Shapiro, was later shot down on another plane and held as a prisoner of war for a year.

From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2021

The bombardier stood or knelt down at the nose of the plane and was in charge of releasing the bombs.

From Fox News • Sep. 16, 2021

If Heller, a bombardier in World War II who died in 1999, had published “Catch-22” in the post #MeToo era, his editor would likely have suggested a bit more enlightenment.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2019

Havermeyer was a lead bombardier who never took evasive action going in to the target and thereby increased the danger of ail the men who flew in the same formation with him.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller